Good Friday Child Killer

[DarkPrincess]

Good Friday arrived with light rain and cool temperatures for Fort Wayne in 1988. It never reached beyond 46 degrees that April 1, eight degrees below the norm for the day.
For many of the children at Fairfield Elementary School, the weather didn’t matter. The weekend did. There were other kids to play with, church to attend, Easter eggs to paint.
April Tinsley was a first grader at Fairfield Elementary. When class was over, the eight-year-old went to a friend’s house. As evening approached, April left to go home. She was never seen alive again.
April vanished on Good Friday. Her body was found three days later, discarded in a ditch along a country road some twenty miles away from her home.

The child had been brutalized. The medical examiner said April was raped and ruled her death a homicide. 21 years have come and gone since April was abducted and killed. And yet the haunting clues continue to surface.
The first arrived on a barn door in 1990. Scrawled on the wood was a confession

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/09/good-friday-child-killer/

[Wicked Doll]

April Tinsley

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss306/wicked_doll777/april.jpg

[seductress]

sick fucker must have the mind of a 10 year old or less

[DarkPrincess]

http://www.fwpd.org/april/press.htm

This is the link to the Fort Wayne Police Department. They have more detailed pictures of the notes as well as contact info.

[Insomniac]

I hope they find the piece of shit MONSTER that did this and that April Tinsley can finally have justice. Rest in peace.

[Wicked Doll]

She was an adorable little girl. I just can't imagine how hard this must be for her family. The lack of closure that comes from a situation like this can be devastating.

I really do hope there is justice for April and her family. I agree that the case is "highly solvable". It will be interesting to see if there are any other cases linked to the killer once he's caught.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Believed in his 40s or 50s, and obsessed with little girls

Whoever killed April Marie Tinsley more than 20 years ago has a persistent sexual desire for prepubescent girls, tends to collect things to support his fantasy and prefers the company of children to adults, even though he is likely now in his 40s or 50s.

This according to a newly released detailed profile of the killer put together by agents from the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI, in town as part of a recent push to solve the 1988 abduction, sexual assault and slaying of the 8-year-old Fort Wayne girl.

[...]

Since her body was found, a number of pieces of physical evidence have surfaced periodically. Most recently, in 2004, four handwritten notes were found at four different locations around Allen County, left at homes where young girls lived.

The notes contained similarities to a message taking credit for Tinsley’s death found written on the side of an Allen County barn in 1990. DNA collected from the notes matched that found on Tinsley’s body, presumed to be from her killer, investigators said.

And FBI investigators believe there may be more pieces of physical evidence out there.

Other notes or items containing DNA may have been left at homes where young girls live, but the items may have been discarded or overlooked, perhaps because it was believed the items were left for the adults in the home, officials said.

According to the profile provided by the FBI, Tinsley’s killer may establish relationships that give him access to little girls and in an unguarded moment may even make a casual sexual remark about a little girl which would strike anyone who hears it as inappropriate.

He is, according to Donaldson, a "preferential child sex offender."

"The offender has demonstrated a specific sexual interest in little girls who have not yet reached puberty," the profile reads. "In other words, he is attracted to hairless, undeveloped girls. This interest will not go away."

The profile also contains some specific information about the offender, based on witness statements, Donaldson said.

Those pieces of information include owning or borrowing a Polaroid camera in 2004, being circumcised, having hairy lower legs and owning or borrowing a forest green pickup truck with a matching camper shell in 2004, according to the profile.http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090512/LOCAL/305129997/1043/LOCAL07

[RaVen Blackehart]

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The 5-year-old girl found the note tucked inside a plastic bag and left in a basket used as a flower pot.

April Tinsley, 8, abducted in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was raped and killed 21 years ago. The case was not solved.

"Hi Honey I Been watching you," it said. "I am the same person that kidnapped an Rape an kill Aproil tinsely here is a present foR yo you are my next vitem."

A used condom was stuffed in the bag alongside the note.

It was March 2004 -- nearly 16 years after 8-year-old April Tinsley was abducted from a Fort Wayne, Indiana, neighborhood, raped and killed.

Her killer remains at large, and police believe he has surfaced several times, scrawling a message in crayon on a barn in 1990, then leaving four chilling notes for children in the Fort Wayne area years later.

Indiana authorities are now asking an FBI task force -- the Child Abduction Response Deployment (CARD) team -- to help take a fresh look at the case.

"Investigators believe the case is 'highly solvable,' and after 21 years, their desire to bring April Tinsley's killer to justice is stronger than ever," the FBI said.

CARD teams were created three years ago, aimed at bringing together "a variety of experts in child abduction cases who could quickly respond on the ground to help local authorities with time-sensitive investigations," the FBI said.

While CARD responds to abductions and disappearances, the team also works cold cases, like April's, the agency said. "As team members discovered, there is enough evidence -- including notes, pictures, and DNA left by the killer years after the murder -- to make investigators hopeful they can break the case."

The team includes behavioral profilers, agents and analysts from the FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit and coordinators and representatives from the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program.

April Marie Tinsley was playing outside with friends on Good Friday, April 1, 1988. As the three girls were moving from one friend's home to another's, the first-grader realized she had left her umbrella behind and went back to get it.

She never returned. Her body was found three days later, in a ditch some 20 miles northeast of the Tinsley home. April's body was clothed, but an autopsy showed she had been raped and suffocated.

Two years later, a teenage boy called police to report a message scrawled in crayon and black marker on the front doors of a barn about 10 miles from April's home. He never saw the writer, according to the TV program "America's Most Wanted," which profiled the case in May, but each day noticed the print was getting darker and more pronounced.

Although the message was hard to read, the person wrote he had killed April, and that he would kill again. Crayons were left behind at the scene, "America's Most Wanted" said on its Web site. Police attempted to conduct forensic analysis on them, but came up empty.

Then, in spring 2004, the four notes appeared at various Fort Wayne homes, several of them placed on bicycles that young girls had left in their yards. All the notes were written on lined yellow paper and placed inside plastic bags along with used condoms or Polaroids of the killer's body, the FBI said. Several notes referred to April.

Authorities have reason to believe the writer of the 1990 note also left the notes 14 years later, Fort Wayne police said. "That tells us that the person's still around, still out there," said Fort Wayne police Capt. Paul Shrawder.

"It's definitely very odd," he added. "Even the FBI is puzzled by the behavior, that the letters would come out so many years later and then nothing again."

DNA evidence was recovered from April's body and from the condoms, Shrawder said. While police have no one to match it with at this point, "things have been resubmitted and retested" as technological advances have been made, he said.

The advantage of the CARD team, from a local police standpoint, is that members only work such cases, while "we're local -- we work on whatever happens here," Shrawder said. The team has experience in such matters, and might look at new aspects, angles and possibilities that local authorities haven't thought of, he said.

Federal investigators were deployed to Fort Wayne to work the Tinsley case earlier this month. After the "America's Most Wanted" profile and the renewed push, authorities received between 400 and 500 tips, Shrawder said. Some could be ruled out right away -- someone who had died between the murder and the 2004 notes, for instance, he said. DNA samples were taken on about 150 people.

Police are still trying to run down about 50 or 75 tips, he said. "That was the purpose, was to go out and run down every single one of these, no matter how vague it was."

Some of the authorities' leads, according to the FBI, include identifying Fort Wayne residents who used Polaroids as late as 2004; tracking down a green paisley bedspread similar to that seen in one Polaroid; and looking at misdemeanor offenses in the area near the time of April's death and the 2004 note spree, as offenses like indecent exposure could indicate more serious sex crimes. continued at link:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/indiana.fbi.cold.case/index.html

[Whisper]

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[Athena]

"Hi Honey I Been watching you," it said. "I am the same person that kidnapped an Rape an kill Aproil tinsely here is a present foR yo you are my next vitem."


LMAO. So much for the stereotype that serial killers are of above average intelligence! :lol:

[Whisper]

Rocket scientist or not still scary knowing so many children are at risk from these freaks of nature.

[Kaylara]

LMAO. So much for the stereotype that serial killers are of above average intelligence! :lol:

I thought that they were working on the assumption that the misspelling and shitty grammar were faked?

[horsegirl]

I wonder if they kept the used condom and checked DNA?

[HijabiGirl]

I wonder if they kept the used condom and checked DNA?

Yep


DNA evidence was recovered from April's body and from the condoms, Shrawder said. While police have no one to match it with at this point, "things have been resubmitted and retested" as technological advances have been made, he said.

[Zealant]

It's always so unfortunate to read about children being harmed, and then to see such an adorable little one in a photo almost brings tears. Just sad, very sad.

Me and my guys were discussing the topic of individuals who harm and kill a child, and I think we came up with an acceptable sentence. Some may find this too harsh, but it works for me.

Provided there is zero doubt of the killers guilt, capital punishment will be the sentence. Give the killer two weeks to sort him/herself out spiritually if necessary. Then on day fourteen, lead the convicted to a grave site, one bullet to the brain, let them fall in, and cover with dirt. No grave marker is necessary.

I know. I don't like thinking like that, but for almost twenty eight years now, I have been protector of my own two little girls, and I will continue to be their protector until I am no longer breathing.

[jo_momma_82]

It's always so unfortunate to read about children being harmed, and then to see such an adorable little one in a photo almost brings tears. Just sad, very sad.

Me and my guys were discussing the topic of individuals who harm and kill a child, and I think we came up with an acceptable sentence. Some may find this too harsh, but it works for me.

Provided there is zero doubt of the killers guilt, capital punishment will be the sentence. Give the killer two weeks to sort him/herself out spiritually if necessary. Then on day fourteen, lead the convicted to a grave site, one bullet to the brain, let them fall in, and cover with dirt. No grave marker is necessary.

I know. I don't like thinking like that, but for almost twenty eight years now, I have been protector of my own two little girls, and I will continue to be their protector until I am no longer breathing.

I like this idea... I really do !

[Silvahalo]

This vile, putrid soul took this sweet child from her family and her time of innocence. He surely deserves death. As much as I would like to see him serve justice, I hope death has found him and he's serving in Hell now.

What a dear sweet child...still a baby. Rest in peace lovely one....

http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s341/silvahalo68/Fallen%20angels/10h1she.jpg

[Whisper]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A crew from America’s Most Wanted was in Fort Wayne Monday to follow up on previous coverage of the 1988 April Tinsley murder case.

The show’s host, John Walsh, interviewed a current detective with the Fort Wayne Police Department along with retired detective sergeant Dan Camp who was one of two lead investigators in the case.

While taping the episode, FWPD revealed never-before-seen evidence found with Tinsley’s body. According to police, a plastic Sears shopping bag was nearby carrying a sex toy.

Investigators said the object is unique in design and could be recognized by a former intimate partner of Tinsley’s killer.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Click here to see the uncensored picture of the sex toy

The evidence was kept quiet until 24-years later in case it could be used to easily prosecute a suspect who would know about the object’s existence exclusively.

[...]
Investigators think the killer could still be living in the area.

The America’s Most Wanted episode recorded Monday will air Friday at 9:00 p.m. on Lifetime.http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/evidence-in-tinsley-cold-case-released-dbl?hpt=ju_bn5


GRAPHIC WARNING: Click here to see the uncensored picture of the sex toy
http://i50.tinypic.com/34jd386.jpg
I spoilered it because it is upsetting to some

[Abroad]

Was that the actual size? O.o

[Bohring]

It just jumped to the last two posts. I don't believe I've read this thread. I'm not sure I should.

ETA: Why did I read it...:banghead:

[Whisper]

Was that the actual size? O.o
As far as I know its actual size I didnt study it

It just jumped to the last two posts. I don't believe I've read this thread. I'm not sure I should.

ETA: Why did I read it...:banghead:

I wish I hadnt read it to tell you the truth
Ive been taking a mini vacation from these stories lately
I just can do without some of the freaks of nature we have in this world